Editing Milton S. Hershey (section)

==Early life==
Milton Hershey was born on September 13, 1857, to Henry and Veronica "Fanny" ([[Née#Maiden and married names|née]] Snavely) Hershey. Of Swiss and German descent, his family were members of Pennsylvania's [[Mennonite]] community, and he grew up speaking [[Pennsylvania Dutch language|Pennsylvania Dutch]].<ref>[http://www.mhskids.org/about/school-history/milton-s-hershey/ "Milton S. Hershey", Milton Hershey School]. Mhs-pa.org. Retrieved on 2013-07-23.</ref>

In April 1862, Hershey's sister Sarena Hershey was born in [[Derry Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania]], and died in 1867 at age 4.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hersheyarchives.org/resources/search-results.aspx?Type=Search&Text=Sarena&StartMonth=4&StartDay=12&StartYear=1862&EndYear=1867 |title=April 12, 1862 Sarena Hershey |publisher=HersheyArchives.org |access-date=September 5, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180906090315/http://www.hersheyarchives.org/resources/search-results.aspx?Type=Search&Text=Sarena&StartMonth=4&StartDay=12&StartYear=1862&EndYear=1867 |archive-date=September 6, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hershey had a very limited education, with no schooling beyond the 4th grade. In 1871, Milton Hershey left school and was apprenticed to a local printer, Sam Ernst, who published a German-English newspaper. He soon lost this job, and took up the candy trade after recommendation by his family.<ref>{{Cite book|title = Chocolate by Hershey|last = Burford|first = Betty|publisher = Carolrhoda Books|year = 1994|isbn = 978-0876148303|location = Minneapolis|pages = 15}}</ref>  His mother arranged for the 14-year-old Hershey to be apprenticed to a confectioner named Joseph Royer in [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania]]. He studied under Royer for four years. In 1876, he moved to Philadelphia to start his first confectionery business.

Milton then traveled to Denver and, finding work at a local confectioners, learned how to make caramels using fresh milk. He then went to [[New Orleans]] and [[Chicago]] looking for opportunities, before settling in [[New York City]] in 1883 and training at [[Huyler's]]. He started his second business which, while initially successful, lasted only three years, closing in 1886.<ref name=archives>[http://www.hersheyarchives.org/essay/details.aspx?EssayId=12 ''Hershey, Milton Snavely; 1857–1945'', Hershey Archives.org] Retrieved on 2014-08-15.</ref>